Vucic: Global situation becoming increasingly difficult

KRALJEVO - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday the global situation was becoming increasingly complex and increasingly difficult because no end to the Ukraine war was on the horizon, and noted that, as a small country, Serbia must find a place for itself and survive.

"The relations among big powers - between China and the US, between China and Europe and between big Western powers and Russia - are getting more complex in an increasingly direct way, and not only over Ukraine," Vucic said in Kraljevo, central Serbia, during a visit to the Raska District.

In such a situation, Serbia must find a place for itself, survive and remain independent, Vucic said.

"We must try to preserve our independence and independent decision-making. But independence is not only about having your own borders, army and police, but also about your ministers not being picked by outsiders and about being able to decide on your own what rail lines and roads you will build," Vucic said.